A6091 crash in the Scottish Borders on 30 June 2024 at 03:29 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders at 03:29 on Sunday 30 June 2024. The 32-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van and a 24-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Vivaro van were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jun 2024
- Sunday, 03:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 55.60149, longitude -2.75031, in the TD1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leaderdale and Melrose, Scottish Borders, TD6 9AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the Scottish Borders
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024991461785
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Police force
- Police Scotland
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6091
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 6091
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2022.
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 4 December 2022
24 m awayRef 2022991260086
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 22 October 2015
36 m awayRef 2015950004732
Slight
Car crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 3 August 2015
38 m awayRef 2015950003628
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 9 December 2013
38 m awayRef 2013950006758
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in the Scottish Borders, 10 January 2017
43 m awayRef 2017950000206
Slight
Car crash on the A6091 in the Scottish Borders, 23 November 2001
48 m awayRef 2001950010473
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2024991461785 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Scottish Borders road accident statistics for 2024.